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| 1. | a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person. |
| 2. | any experienced, competent but routine worker or performer. |
| 3. | a person hired to do work for another, usually for a day at a time. |
A skilled artisan who works on hire for master artisans rather than for himself.